Lois E. Peterson, 92, of O’Fallon, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, at Cedar Ridge in Lebanon, Ill.Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, and at noon Saturday at Schildknecht Funeral Home in O’Fallon.

James Lord Jr., 90, of LaMoille, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Manor Court, Princeton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at Zion Lutheran Church of Clarion with the Rev. Kevin Weeks officiating. Visitation will be...

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court Thursday for the first time since he was arraigned in July 2013, and he received a shout of encouragement from the mother-in-law of a man who was shot and killed while being...

Researchers say they have collected promising weather data by flying instrument-laden drones into big Western and Midwestern storms. Now, they want to expand the project in hopes of learning more about how tornadoes form.